Repair Torn Carpet On Stairs

Lots of the home improvement stores have sales on carpet and flooring this time of year with a minimal installation charge.

Repair torn carpet on stairs.

This post highlights a few tips on fixing loose carpet on stairs and lowering the risk of injuries. Sharp objects can fall cutting carpets but most often tears and rips occur along the seamed edges or at the edges of badly worn. Stairs are typically high traffic areas which can cause your carpet to loosen and wear out more. Using a precise cut section of donor carpet we carefully position the piece corner by corner to meet the natural curve of the existing carpet securing it into place as we go.

Carpet patching is a simple system of carefully cutting out the damaged area and replacing it with a patch of donor carpet of the same size. Even if the hole in your stair carpet happens to be right on the edge of the step and believe me most of them are we can repair it to look as good as new. A small tear can become annoying. Because the donor area is filled in either with a piece of remnant carpet or is left unrepaired carpet patching is considered to be imperfect but a net overall improvement.

Check your stairs for any structural damage and repair any broken risers or steps. Carpet tape is available in double sided and single sided versions. Fixing a ripped or torn carpet is essential because loose carpet tears easily. Due to the everyday wear and tear a carpet must withstand there is a high possibility that you may need to make a repair at some point.

Fixing a ripped carpet while the tear is small can prevent accidents and keep the damage from spreading. How to fix torn carpet.